p.1 #1 · Joshua Tree Lightning Storm (Edit: added old image from same evening)
These images are from a few years back during a storm that I was lucky enough to witness at Joshua Tree NP. The first I recently got around to processing and the second I had previously posted but I felt it needed a revisit. Both are from a single-image capture. Feel free to let me know what you think.
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This one from the same evening was also previously posted but it may interest some. The lightning got a little too close for comfort on this one.
p.1 #3 · Joshua Tree Lightning Storm (Edit: added old image from same evening)
The second image would have benefited from a touch of flash on the trees in the foreground on the right. It would have improved the contrast and provided greater separation from the background.
p.1 #10 · Joshua Tree Lightning Storm (Edit: added old image from same evening)
excellent stuff Tuan
Feb 13, 2017 at 06:32 PM
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p.1 #11 · Joshua Tree Lightning Storm (Edit: added old image from same evening)
Loving the lightning! Great job on these! I just moved to lightning alley in Florida and bought a second lightning trigger. These types of shots inspire me to get rolling!
p.1 #12 · Joshua Tree Lightning Storm (Edit: added old image from same evening)
Thank you very much everyone for your thoughts on the images.
morris wrote:
While the second is the way we like to compose landscapes I feel more exposed to the storm in the first making it my pick Tuan. It is a great image
Morris
I see what you mean with the first showing the lightning in much closer detail.
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elkhornsun wrote:
The second image would have benefited from a touch of flash on the trees in the foreground on the right. It would have improved the contrast and provided greater separation from the background.
I think I know what you mean, though I rarely use artificial lighting for landscapes.
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JimFox wrote:
Hey Tuan,
These are cool! We don't see too many photos of lightning from Joshua Tree. Nice work with both.
Jim
I don't get to capture lightning too often and I felt really lucky to be able to do so in JT.
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Maritan wrote:
Like them both, but prefer the first. It feels more ominous because it has a sense of being closer to the viewer.
Yes, definitely feels more ominous with the lightning taking up so much of the frame in the first.
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Fred Miranda wrote:
Great set! I really like the way you composed the second. Amazing conditions!
Glad you like the comp. I remember racing around trying to find something that would work well, while the lightning storm was raging in the distance.
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Mark Metternich wrote:
Loving the lightning! Great job on these! I just moved to lightning alley in Florida and bought a second lightning trigger. These types of shots inspire me to get rolling!
Congratulations Tuan!
I remember lots of lightning one of the times I was in Florida and have a feeling your lightning trigger is going to get a lot of use. I haven't splurged for one yet since I don't hunt them down like you do.
